Looking Ahead puts the spotlight on runners of interest across Australia and New Zealand. Whether they are a particularly well-bred or high-priced runner early in its career chasing maiden success, a promising galloper returning to the track or a horse which has trialled particularly well, we’ll aim to give you something to follow.
Three exciting runners are set to hit the track throughout Australia on Tuesday, including a well bred expensive I Am Invincible filly making her debut at Scone. Also Russian Revolution and Shamus Award two-year-old’s are then battling it out on debut at Sale.
Scone, Race 5, 2pm, AEST, Coolmore Mdn H., $27,000, 1300m
Lights Of Paradise, 3-year-old filly (I Am Invincible x Rose Of Choice {Choisir)
The Kris Lees-trained Lights Of Paradise (I Am Invincible) will travel to Scone on Tuesday to make her debut over 1300 metres in the hands of jockey Christian Reith.
Lights Of Paradise is the fourth foal from the Choisir mare Rose Of Choice, who was a seven-time winner and her wins included in the Listed Jungle Dawn C., and she managed placings in the G3 Hong Kong Jockey Club S., Listed Jungle Mist C., Listed La Trice C., and the G3 Nivision S.
Rose Of Choice has left three winners including Vendidit (Hinchinbrook), Invictus Lad (I Am Invincible) and Close To Me (I Am Invincible).
Lights Of Paradise as a yearling | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
Within this pedigree there is a nice mix of pedigree influences. Significant stallions that feature within the page are I Am Invincible, Canny Lad, Zoffany (USA), Danehill Dancer (Ire), Lunchtime (GB), Mr Prospector (USA), Invincible Spirit (Ire) and Fusaichi Pegasus (USA).
Rose Of Choice since producing Lights Of Paradise, has produced an I Am Invincible two-year-old named Kingdom Undersiege that has so far been unplaced on the track, a yearling colt by Bivouac named Multiple Choice and she was most recently served by Toronado (Ire) last spring.
Lights Of Paradise was a $525,000 purchase by Tasman Bloodstock from the draft of Yarraman Park Stud at the 2022 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.
Sale, Race 4, 12.10pm, AEST, Fantasy Cocktails 2Y0 Mdn P., $27,000, 1112m
Brother Quickie, 2-year-old gelding (Shamus Award x Special Favour {General Nediym)
Sale’s Tuesday meeting will serve as the venue for the debut of Brother Quickie, a well-bred son of Shamus Award from the Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman stable at Pakenham.
Brother Quickie is out of the staying filly Special Favour (General Nediym) who won over 2200 metres. She has proven to be a very good broodmare leaving three winners including Mr Quickie (Shamus Award) who was successful eleven times including the G1 Queensland Derby, G1 Toorak H., G3 Victoria H., and placings in the G1 Memsie S., G2 Moonee Valley Gold Cup, G1 Makybe Diva S., G1 Futurity S., and the G1 South Australian Derby. Her other winners include Quickster (Shamus Award) who is a Listed winning sprinter and the winning Zoustar filly Recognise.
Shamus Award | Standing at Rosemont Stud
Special Favour’s dam is the very talented filly My Tusker (NZ) (Volksraad {GB}) who won the G2 Sir Tristram Fillies C., G2 Championship S., and the G2 Awapuni Gold Cup.
Other high-profile members of this very successful family are the superstar multiple International Group 1 winner Horlicks (NZ) (Three Legs {GB}), the G1 Melbourne Cup winner Brew (NZ) (Sir Tristram {Ire}), Tribal Wisdom (Makfi {GB}), Bubble (NZ) (Sir Tristram), Solo Flyer (Belong To Me {USA}) and Fiumicino (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}).
Special Favour since producing Brother Quickie, has unfortunately not left a live-foal but was served by Shamus Award again last spring.
Sale, Race 4, 12.10pm, AEST, Fantasy Cocktails 2Y0 Mdn P., $27,000, 1112m
Supervise, 2-year-old colt (Russian Revolution x Probationary {Northern Meteor)
The well-related Supervise (Russian Revolution) is set to debut for Cranbourne trainer’s Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr at Sale on Sunday over 1112 metres.
Supervise is a son of Russian Revolution and is the sixth foal from the Northern Meteor mare Probationary. She had three wins on the track prior to forging her broodmare career.
She has left three winners so far, including the very smart Taunting (Brazen Beau) who has won eight-times including the Listed Oakbank Railway S., Her other winners have been the six-time winning gelding Patrolling (Epaulette) and Emancipist (Thronum) who has won twice on the track.
Russian Revolution | Standing at Newgate Stud Farm
Within this pedigree there are many strong pedigree influences. Significant stallions that feature within the page are Redoute’s Choice, Stravinsky (USA), Miswaki (USA), Red Ransom (USA), Fairy King (USA) and Fappiano (USA).
Probationary since producing Supervise, has a Brazen Beau yearling colt and was most recently served by Widden Stud’s promising young sire Jacquinot last spring.
Looking Back
Revalene (Russian Revolution) won well at Swan Hill, he sat in a handy position and was strong in the finish.
Dujour (NZ) (Almanzor {Fr}) was disappointing running tenth at Timaru.
